Courtesy Photo | Sgt. 1st Class Lukas Pohlmeier (left, motor sergeant) and Sgt. Terry Hong (right, team...... read more read more
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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - Veteran’s Day is a day of remembrance for past and current service members. Charlie Battery used this as an opportunity to hold their 1st annual pig roast to commemorate their thankfulness for that day and what it stands for. There is no better way to build camaraderie and morale together as a unit than with great food, socialization, and of course, competitive horseshoes.
Hosting an event for which the center piece involves the lengthy process of slow roasting a pig took some planning and coordinated efforts as a team. Many soldiers contributed in their own way to make the day happen with success. Senior leadership decided that they owed it to the soldiers for a job well- done thus far while contributing money to cover the costs.
From there, Sgt. Hong, the unit’s resident cook, gathered all the necessary food supplies. A pig was ordered from the MWR office at the PX. There was a mix up because 10 days before the event, a call came to our unit that we needed to pick up our pig that day. After a few phone calls, the confusion was cleared up and Sgt. Hong secured the pig four days early in order to let it thaw prior to the event.
Another issue arose when the prior unit left without telling us where they left the spit for the gigantic homemade grill in our AO. Thanks to the efforts and skills of Sgt. 1st Class Pohlmeier, he crafted a spit in the motor pool and saved the day.
Our interpreter Shaz also helped contribute in his own way as he purchased and brought in many different food staples custom to our Host Nation in order to facilitate a unique food experience. The day of the roast, Hong and Pohlmeier spent 10 hours standing watch over the grill as they cooked the pig to perfection.
“I was a little nervous about the pig coming out the way it did. This was the first time I’ve ever done a pig roast and most people somehow manage to mess it up their first time.”, exclaimed Pohlmeier. There was plenty of food to go around with many smiles, laughs, and conversation to accompany the soldier’s as they ate under the canopied deck.
In the realm of activities for the day, bean bag toss and horseshoes was the name of the game while music played in the back ground. Sgt. Michael and Spc. Armstrong lead the way for getting this activity set up.
Armstrong used his artistic skills with spray paint and emplaced two unique outer space themed murals on the bean bag toss set while Michael made the bags using red hots, socks, needle and thread coupled with a little elbow grease.
Horseshoes had eight partnered teams play a preliminary series of half games to determine seeds for a bracketed tournament. Pohlmeier improved the horse pit by producing taller and better stakes for the two pits. At the end of the night, after almost 4 hours of continuous horseshoes, team Dead Ringers with Capt. Rice and 1st Sgt. Orand walked away the undisputed champions of C BTRY without a single loss for the night.
“I think it was all that age and years of experience that gave them a distinct advantage.” Spc. Hart said.
C BTRY leadership would like to extend many thanks to those who put forth effort to make this day enjoyable. Thanks must also be given to those who made the venture from Camp Patriot to attend the event.
| Date Taken: | 11.11.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 11.20.2011 07:01 |
| Story ID: | 80290 |
| Location: | CAMP ARIFJAN, KW |
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